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Line-up:
Tony Mills - Vocals
Ian Richardson - Guitars
Steve Harris - Guitars
Roy Stephan Davis - Bass
Bob Richards - Drums
Joe Basketts - Keyboards
Release
Date:
February 7th, 2005
Tracklist:
01. High Time
02. Open Your Heart
03. Soul Searching
04. Where Is The Love
05. You Could Be Dreaming
06. Don’t Jump The Gun
07. First Love
08. I’ll Be Home Tonight
09. Walk Through Fire
10. Slowly
Read
also:
Interview
with Tony Mills
Website:
www.tonymills.net Check
also:
Surprise Of February 2005
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This
must be the ninth studio album of the band, which keeps on rocking
for good. They have been around for more than two decades now, but
still manage to produce excellent albums. Their latest work,
“Sunset And Vine” is the living proof of that claim. Steve
Harris, Tony Mills and their company still manage to feed us with
top class melodic rock. The band managed to survive the grunge
menace and by altering its style a bit offers us yet another small
diamond of lyrical rock. No, you will not find the “screaming”
and glossy, Bon Jovi-like approach of that monumental “Excess All
Areas” here.
Shy
have developed a more sophisticated approach for their melodic rock,
based on guitar harmonies and the trademark vocal lines of Tony
Mills. The songs here, despite being radio friendly present a more
internal touch and run deeper under our skin. By saying that I mean
that there’s much to discover beneath the surface. In essence Shy
here build upon their previous album’s “Unfinished Business”
sound and present something equivalent - yet different and according
to my opinion, better. The new album might not contain an eternal
anthem like “Skydiving”, but it manages to present a more solid
outcome. And please don’t listen to anyone calling this AOR! Shy
have very deep foundations and their compositions are not always
easy to digest. First of all the guitars by Harris (in solos, hooks
and riffs) are sweet melancholic and not “sunny” like those of
AOR groups.
I
think that the guitars along with the characteristic vocals have
managed to create the unique Shy sound, which shouldn’t be
neglected by any rock fan. Small anthems dedicated to the deepest
human feelings like “High Time”, “First Love” and the
amazing ballad “I’ll Be Home Tonight” (which instantly becomes
a candidate for the best songs of the year) find their way out from
the speakers to our heart. And once more we feel that we have won. I
think I’ll turn off the light now.
by Alex Savatianos 9/10
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